Radio Newsline Archive

USDA is reevaluating its strategy for controlling salmonella in poultry. Its first proposed change will come in how it handles salmonella in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products. (Gary Crawford and Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture Sandra Eskin)

Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture Sandra Eskin saying USDA will help the makers of frozen breaded stuffed raw chicken products to meet the new standards for Salmonella that USDA will propose officially this fall.

USDA has just released a new report on honeybee colony numbers. (Gary Crawford and Jean Porter with USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service)

Not much news out of Monday's USDA Crop Progress Report, but one expert says next week's report could be a very different one. (Gary Crawford and USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with a look at the development of the corn crop.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with a look at corn condition ratings in a few problem areas.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, with this week's look at how the soybean crop is coming along.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looking at a few areas where the soybean crop may be under stress.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, saying that over this past week, the condition of the country's cotton crop improved.

USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey, looking at what the USDA's Crop Progress Report says about the peanut crop.